Novel electronic health records-based consultation workflow improves time to operating room for surgery patients in an acute setting
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.A new electronic health records (EHR) workflow improved surgical consultation efficiency, significantly reducing time to operating room (OR) for trauma and acute care surgery patients. This enhanced workflow demonstrated sustained benefits, particularly for urgent cases.
Area Of Science
- Healthcare Informatics
- Surgical Workflow Optimization
- Patient Care Efficiency
Background
- A novel electronic health records (EHR)-based workflow was implemented to enhance inpatient surgical consultation efficiency.
- The workflow specifically targeted patients requiring trauma or acute care surgery (TACS) consultation.
Purpose Of The Study
- To evaluate the impact of a new EHR-driven workflow on the efficiency of surgical consultations.
- To assess changes in timeliness of care and operating room (OR) access post-implementation.
Main Methods
- The EHR workflow automated notifications, patient information sharing, and data tracking.
- Timeliness of care was compared across pre-implementation, early post-implementation, and late post-implementation cohorts.
Main Results
- Overall time from consult to OR decreased by 27% post-implementation (726 min to 532 min).
- For urgent/emergent cases, time to OR reduced by 48% (531 min to 277 min).
- Length of stay decreased post-implementation with no adverse effect on 30-day clinical outcomes.
Conclusions
- The novel EHR consultation workflow is safe and effective.
- The workflow significantly decreased time to OR, with sustained improvements observed.
- Urgent/emergent surgical cases experienced the greatest benefit from the new workflow.
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